International Rankings of Rwanda 2024, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Rwanda, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Rwanda, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	0.10	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	169	17685	2020
Internet users - percent of population	92	30.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	112	3.900 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	190	10327	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	76	81.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	89	10.903 million	2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures	138	2.919 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	138	2.393 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	70	4.30 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	139	1.209 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	143	3.258 billion US Dollars	2017
Exchange rates	22	988.63	N/A
Exports	158	2.110 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	149	9.136 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	157	18.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	83	15.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	53	75.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	55	32.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	66	22.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	51	0.50 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	17	30.90 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	131	17.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	139	51.50 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	28	44 %	2016
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	10	43.20 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2011
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	30	2.10 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	155	3.856 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	19	13.40 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	180	0.39 %	2021
Labor force	72	6.776 million US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	43	38 %	2016
Public debt	127	40.50 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	139	30.141 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	22	10.88 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	161	2200 US Dollars	2021
Remittances	90	3	2020
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	132	1.895 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	132	15.06 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	201	1.61 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	150	3.60 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	151	2.20 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	153	2.90 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	168	1.189 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	170	1.189 million	2019
Electricity - consumption	157	1.007 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	95	4.500 million kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	108	93.960 million kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	164	265000 kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	151	142.000 million kWh	2019
Electricity access - electrification - rural areas	50	38	2021
Electricity access - electrification - total population	60	49	2021
Electricity access - electrification - urban areas	12	98	2021
Electricity access - population without electricity	20	5.800 million	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	51	0.60 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	112	39.00 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	43	53.90 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	19	6.50 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	188	1.704 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - proven reserves	59	56.634 billion cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	161	8300 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - imports	163	6628 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	154	1 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	138	3 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	34	36 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	14	75	2018
Land use - arable land	8	47	2018
Land use - forest	127	18	2018
Land use - permanent crops	29	10	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	89	17	2018
Revenue from forest resources	20	4 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	131	13.300 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	106	360.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	95	10.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	92	230.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	39	3.07	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	176	18	2023
Geography
Area - land	149	24668 sq km	N/A
Area - total	151	26338 sq km	N/A
Area - water	95	1670 sq km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	31	4519 meters	N/A
Elevation - lowest point	3	950 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	12	1598 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	137	96 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	123	930 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	14	75	2018
Land use - arable land	8	47	2018
Land use - forest	127	18	2018
Land use - permanent crops	29	10	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	89	17	2018
Population Density	23	543.24 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	35	1 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	2	6 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	60	6 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	44	25.70 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	48	8 %	1920
Contraceptive prevalence rate	44	64.10 %	1920
Current health expenditure	46	7 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	122	50 %	2023
Death rate	70	5.80 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	140	5.40 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	23	18.40 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	40	72.50 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	38	67.10 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	48	92 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	48	19 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	29	17 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	17	8 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	48	4 % of GDP	2021
Gross reproduction rate	37	1.59 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	60	23.10 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	59	28.10 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	60	25.60 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	123	68 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	125	64 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	124	66 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	85	73 %	2021
Literacy - male	72	79 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	77	76 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	36	259.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	144	21 years	N/A
Median age - male	146	20 years	N/A
Median age - total	135	21 years	2023
Mother's mean age at first birth	54	23	1920
Net migration rate	88	3.20 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	130	5.80 %	2016
Physicians density	149	0.12 physicians/1,000 population	2019
Population	76	13.401 million	2023
Population growth rate	49	1.68 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	52	89 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	73	17 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	60	16 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	43	11 % of population	N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	14	1.02 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	29	0.94 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	46	0.67 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	11	1.03 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	23	0.96 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	45	3.23 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	39	3.07	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	176	18	2023
Transportation
Airports	117	8	2024
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	99	1.074 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	90	12.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Roadways - paved	79	2652 km	2024
Roadways - total	87	7797 km	2024
Waterways	103	90 km	2022

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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